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Tuyen said the purpose of suspending the event is to take greater steps to prevent the potential spread of the COVID-19, implement sufficient control measures to protect the health of citizens, and to ensure the national tourism event is run in an effective manner at a later time. … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City international travel expo hit by postponement

Mohd Hafiz Gomez Bin Abdullah, a Malaysian male prisoner whose sentence has been reduced seven times since his conviction, shared that life in Z30D has transformed him from an unruly inmate to a man capable of making positive contributions to society.   … [Read more...] about Lives of foreign inmates in Ho Chi Minh City prison

Experts attributed the increase to the strong development of the city’s economy, while predicting the figure will continue growing in the rest of this year. Outstanding credit in the city exceeded VND 1.6 quadrillion (USD 70.4 billion), up 19.8 percent against the same period last year. … [Read more...] about Overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City reach USD 3 billion

HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism on June 9 kicked off its annual tourism stimulus programme that will run throughout the year as part of its attempt to revive the hard-hit tourism industry. Nearly 260 tour packages are being offered with 280,000 discounted vouchers of 10-70 percent. Tour packages featuring popular tourist attractions in HCM City have been designed with new services to attract locals. A one-day tour to Thanh An island in the city’s Can Gio district, for example, is only 99,000 VND (4 USD) per person and a one-day HCM City tour 135,000 VND (6 USD) per person. Twenty tourist and entertainment sites offer discounts of 20-50 percent on entrance tickets. A total of 40 accommodation facilities in the city have reduced room rate by 22-68 percent besides free airport pickup and drop off services, and spa and laundry services. Airlines, railway and road transport providers in the programme are also offering a variety of promotions and … [Read more...] about HCM City begins travel stimulus programme

HCM City (VNA) – The southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City has spent 465 billion VND (20.2 million USD) supporting more than 336,550 business households and employees seriously affected COVID-19, according to Director of the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Minh Tan. Speaking at a press conference on June 4, Tan reported that 47,533 workers of 2,862 enterprises in the city are being laid off as a result of the pandemic. Local authorities have provided assistance for 20,000 employees, he said. Earlier, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong had requested more efforts to perform the dual task of recovering the economy while fighting COVID-19.  He said short-term measures will help businesses survive in the market in the first stage. Later, the city’s economy and market will be restructured to serve post-pandemic development. About long-term policy, the city will optimise public investment by fiscal … [Read more...] about HCM City supports workers, businesses affected by COVID-19